{Blog Tour} I Stop Somewhere - T.E. Carter (Review & Giveaway)

Tormented throughout middle school,
Ellie begins her freshman year with a new look: she doesn't need to be popular;
she just needs to blend in with the wallpaper.

But when the unthinkable happens,
Ellie finds herself trapped after a brutal assault. She wasn't the first
victim, and now she watches it happen again and again. She tries to hold on to
her happier memories in order to get past the cold days, waiting for someone to
find her.

The problem is, no one searches for a
girl they never noticed in the first place.

TE Carter's stirring and visceral debut
not only discusses and dismantles rape culture, but it also reminds us what it
is to be human.

This book
contains the topic of rape culture, it might be a trigger for people.

This book
is about Ellie who disappeared after being captured and assaulted. Ellie tells us the story of what is happening
and how she got there in her own words.

At first
when I was reading I didn’t love the back and forth between past and present I was
completely confused on where Ellie was, but as the book goes on I found it to
be the perfect start for this book. We
go back and forth into Ellie’s memories before she was taken and get a look into where she is currently. The author leaves
it somewhat vague and grows into more details as the story transforms, which was also driving me a little
crazy while reading. I wanted more
information up front, but in the end, it was worth it. The author did a great job building the story and Ellie's life.

Ellie was
trying to reinvent herself for high school and by doing this she wanted to make
herself blend in more versus being bullied.
Ellie reaches out to a neighbor to reinvent her look, which is an
interesting relationship that we get a look into. Ellie doesn’t consider her a friend, but the
amount of interaction really does show that they weren’t friends that confide
in each other.

I loved
that we got a look into how Ellie felt about not having a mother growing up as
well as a look into the relationship between Ellie and her father. Ellie breaks down the relationship between
her and her father while she is narrating because she doesn’t have much else
going on so it feels like a deeper insight.
The author does a great job with the pacing of the story it kept me
hooked and wanting to keep reading. I
wanted to know what was going to happen to Ellie in the end.

The story does take a darker turn in the book. I found it a little shocking, but it worked with this story. I did like that we got to see the entire story through from the beginning until the end. I did feel complete once I finished this book.

I would
suggest this as a weekend read. I found
it hard to put the book down I wanted to try and piece together what was going
on in the book.

I received a
copy of this book from the Fantastic Flying Book Club for an honest
review. This does not affect my opinion
of this book.

TE Carter was born in
New England and has lived in New England for pretty much her entire life.
Throughout her career, she’s done a lot of things, although her passion has
always been writing. When she’s not writing, she can generally be found reading
classic literature, playing Xbox, organizing her comic collection, or binge
watching baking competitions. She continues to live in New England with her
husband and their two cats.

I loooooove this book's cover! I'd not really heard of this book before. It probably isn't something for me as I don't usually enjoy tough-issue contemporary, but it sounds good. I'm glad you enjoyed it. Excellent review, Kristyn!

I found this book hard to put down too! I started it before I had to go to class one morning, which was a huge mistake. I also loved the focus on Ellie's relationship with her dad. My heart broke into a million pieces because of it. Great review!